Garment hanger



Jan. 8, 1952 CARTA 2,581,631

GARMENT HANGER F1196. June 10, 1946 INVEN TOR, Ja/m'e/ Z. Kali a.

Patented Jan. 8, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT HANGER Daniel L. Carta, Kansas City Mo. applllia'flonliine 10, iaiasenel mmssn 3 Claims. (01. 223-88) This invention relates to improvements 'in garment hangers and has particular reference to a "garment hanger having awire base member and a relatively wide garment receiving member of resilient material.

The principal object of the present invention is the provision of a garment hanger having a wire frame provided with an efficient and inexpensive shoulder piece which properly engages and supports the shoulders of the garment.

Other objects are simplicity and economy of construction, ease and eiiiciency of operation, and adaptability for supporting various sizes and shapes of garments.

With these objects in view, as well as other objects which will appear during the course of the specification, reference will be had to the drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a garment hanger embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the garment hanger.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line III-III of Fig. 1 with portion of a garment shown thereon in dotted lines.

Fig. 4 is a stretchout of the shoulder piece.

In the drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral l designates generally the improved garment hanger, the same comprising a wire frame l2 and shoulder piece l4. The frame I2 is substantially triangular in shape and is made of a single strand of wire, the ends of the wire being inter-twisted at IS with one terminal extended and shaped to provide a suspension hook l8 above the twisted portion. The shoulder portions 20 extend outwardly and downwardly from the twisted portion and are interconnected at their lower extremities by a horizontally disposed reach 22. The wire frame just described is of the standard well known type and constitutes the base for the novelly constructed shoulder piece M which with the wire frame presents a novel and efficient garment hanger.

Shoulder piece I4 is made of a single elongated piece of resilient material 24, such as card board, plastic, etc., which will conform somewhat to a garment G when it is supported thereon and will return to substantially its normal shape when the weight is removed. The shoulder piece comprises a narrow central section 26 and like outer wing sections 28 of relatively greater width. Transverse grooves 30 are formed transversely across the member 24 at the juncture of the wings with the central section to reinforce the central.

section and to provide a hinge between the central section and wings whereby the shoulder piece may take the position in the frame shown in Fig. l. Holes 32 are formed through the shoulder piece M on the longitudinal central line of the central section 26 to intersect the transverse grooves 30 respectively. Section 26 is slit at 34 along a straight line tangent to like side edges of holes 32 to present shoulders 36 against which the wire rests as hereinafter set forth. Each wing section 28 is grooved at 38 in alignment with a line passing through holes 32 from its outer edge and to a point spaced outwardly from the adjacent hole 32.

This shoulder piece [4 is adapted to be slipped over hook l8 and downwardly on the shoulder portions 20 to position the wire through holes 32 with the central grooves 38 fitted over wires 20 to center the wings 28 on the frame and to hold it against transverse movement. When so positioned the shoulder piece will be secured against accidental displacement by the shoulders 36.

Referring to Fig. 1 it will be noted that the wings 28 extend slightly beyond the respective end of the frame 12, and is shown in Fig. 3 as arched to conform to the general shape of garment shoulder when the garment is hung thereon.

When this flexible member has become deformed it may be easily removed and replaced by a fresh shoulder piece. These shoulder pieces are easily made of inexpensive material and can be replaced at a very slight cost.

It will be observed that transverse grooves 30 are at the bends of the shoulder piece so that the section 25 when positioned is substantially parallel with the horizontal reach 221 of me frame, while the side wings take the angle of the shoulder wire portions and rest thereon.

What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A shoulder shaping device for application to a garment hanger of the type having a wire frame including downwardly and outwardly diverging shoulder portions and a suspension hook, said device comprising a relatively wide resilient shoulder piece having a slit central section and adapted to be fitted to said wire shoulder portions and longitudinally grooved wings at opposite ends of said central section adapted to rest on the outer portions respectively of said wire shoulder portions with the wire in said longitudinal grooves, said grooves being proportioned to fit snugly over said wire shoulder portions,

3 said wing portions'extending outwardly beyond the ends of said wire shoulder portions.

2. A shoulder shaping device for application to a garment hanger of the type having a wire frame including downwardly and outwardly diverging shoulder portions and centrally dis-' posed suspension means, said device comprising an elongated resilient shoulder piece having a central portion longitudinally slit along its entire length and longitudinally grooved wings at its opposite ends, said shoulder piece being transversely grooved at the junctures of said Wings with said central portion, and said shoulder piece having a hole formed therethrough ateach of said transverse grooves, said holes being tangent to the slit in said central portion and adapted to receive the shoulder wires of said hanger as saidwires rest in the longitudinal grooves of said wings. r

3. A shoulder shaping device for application to a garment hanger of the type having a wire frame including downwardly and outwardly diverging shoulder portions and centrally disposed suspension means, said device comprising an elongated resilient shoulder piece having a relatral portion and adapted to receive the shoulder wires of said hanger as said wires rest in the longitudinal grooves of said Wings, whereby the shoulder piece is secured in central alignment on said wire frame.

DANIEL L. CARTA.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name 7 Date 1,797,364 Porter Mar. 24, 1931 2,106,947 Hamilton Feb. 1, 1938 2,353,839 McFall July 18, 1944 

